The Feds Are On My Case ...

Posted by Adam Kuban, January 11, 2006 at 9:30 AM

More like the Feds want me on a case. Possibly.

By the time this post publishes automagically, I'll be at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse reporting for jury selection. While I'd normally relish a chance to actively participate in justice American-style, I've got a lot of other things going on, so I kinda hope I don't get picked. Especially if it's an evil-ass months-long case, which, given the fact that this is federal court, who knows. And given that this is the same court that heard the cases USA v. Gotti (PDF) and Louima, et al v. City of New York (PDF), all bets are off.

What's this got to do with pizza? A number of things. First is that I won't be at a computer to answer your e-mails. Second thing is that I'll be in downtown Brooklyn instead of my normal lunchtime stamping grounds. I'm near Grimaldi's and Fascati, but I've already done those. Anyone out there got any places for me to try during lunch break? Leave suggestions in the comments section below. I'll check them on break if they don't confiscate my iBook. Third thing is that I'd hate to get on a sequestered jury. (As the late Johnnie Cochran might have said, "If the jury's sequestered, this site will fester.")

Anyway, I guess this is a better way of seeing the inside of a courtroom than from either the plaintiff or defendant's seat, but who knows. As long as they're not trying a case that involves a pizzeria, I've got no prejudices that could get me out of service. Mamma mia.

Also: If you've got any suggestions for pizzerias a little farther southeast of the location on this map here, holla at ya boy. I've also got a Kings County Court juror summons for the 25th of this month. When it rains, it pours.

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